What the panel ordered
Rescinded the WCJ's Findings and Order denying additional QME panels; substituted new decision granting panels in psychology and internal medicinep. 5
Petition for Removal treated as Petition for Reconsideration of WCJ's Findings and Order denying additional QME panels
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
Dr. Post stated issues in psychology and internal medicine are outside his expertise; applicant pled injury to psyche and sleep which defendant disputes; without additional panels applicant is prevented from conducting necessary medical-legal discovery to meet burden of proof on compensability
From the decision · page 6> 1. There is good cause for additional QME panels in psychology and internal medicine. ORDER IT IS HEREBY ORDERED applicant’s request for additional QME panels in psychology (PSY) and internal medicine (MMM) is granted.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.